netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] ss: Unify tcp stats output

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:43:32 +0100
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] ss: Unify tcp stats output

On 20 January 2015 at 12:17, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com> wrote:

> I have no strong opinion on this, but I also have a limited view on
> what applications try to parse ss output in general.
>
> As mentioned, for human readability, we should implement a top-like
> display option which is allowed to have a rather 'instable' output
> by nature and levels of detail can be folded/unfolded on demand.

+1 on that.

> Given the recent discussion on web10g, json output option might
> be very useful to provide i.e. when stats are being further extended.

Ok, there seems conses on JSON output.

Stephan, what do you think?
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